10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WEATHERCLOTH»
Discover the use of
weathercloth in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
weathercloth and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Gigantic Book of Sailing Stories
Thewater cleared, andI found myself clinging to the iron weathercloth staunchion;
the weathercloth itself hadgone. Iwiped my eyes, and coughed dizzily fora little;
then Istared round forthe Captain. I could see something dimly up against therail;
...
2
The Collected Fiction of William Hope Hodgson: House on ...
The Captainand the ownerand his friend were all grouped togetherunder the
weathercloth on theweather sideof the bridge, andthe old man was spinning
them a yarn aboutanother curious happening which had come to him one nightin
...
The water cleared, and I found myself clinging to the iron weathercloth
staunchion; the weathercloth itself had gone. I wipedmy eyes, and coughed
dizzily for a little;thenI stared round for the Captain. I couldsee something dimly
up againstthe ...
William Hope Hodgson, 2014
They had even thoughtof the weathercloth! The dodger! Once up, the
weathercloth flaps were heldin place by sticks jammed between the gunwale and
the rail. All very seamanlike and simple. But the most original thing about the skin
boatsis ...
Having made his rounds of the deck, Tams roared for every mother's son to lay aft
on the poop and stretch the weathercloth in the mizzen rigging. This done, he
tersely ordered them to clap a relieving tackle to windward on the tiller, ...
In certain French submarines built before the war the idea of reducing resistance
submerged was carried to the extent of eliminating the conningtower altogether
and fitting in its place a canvas weathercloth to protect the entrance hatch in ...
It was toward the conclusion of that prolonged, seventy-two-hour vigil that the
unexhausted and perhaps inexhaustible master of the Spanish Main, under the
partial shelter of the weathercloth on the ship's poop deck, said spontaneously to
his ...
Grant Martin Overton, 1921
8
Proceedings of the Engineers' Club of Philadelphia
In certain French submarines built before the war the idea of reducing resistance
submerged was carried to the extent of eliminating the conning-tower altogether
and fitting in its place a canvas weathercloth to protect the entrance hatch in ...
9
Harper's Monthly Magazine
We made a crowd in t e cramped place, like watchers in a balcony hung in the
wind, seamen, quartermasters, officers, all alike in hooded wind-shirts and all as
black as shades against the star-streak between weathercloth and top. Overhead
...
Henry Mills Alden, Thomas Bucklin Wells, Lee Foster Hartman, 1919
10
The Sea and the Jungle
The cold andwind were bitter dolours. We rolled.I grasped therailof the
weathercloth, in the drive of wind and spume, androde down on our chargerlike a
valiant man; like a valiant manwho is uncertain of his seat. Something like
avaliant man ...
Henry Major Tomlinson, 1939
